Eating healthfully is not rocket science – it’s nutritional science. That may sound like a corny joke, but like most corny jokes, it contains an element of truth. Diet “gurus” tend to overcomplicate things, creating eating styles that are too rigid or confusing to follow, or making the guidelines too lax by trying to accommodate […]
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In Part I and Part II of this 3-part series, we are making the distinction between eating healthier, eating a diet of up to 90% or more whole, nutrient-rich foods, and eating like a Nutritarian. The distinctions between these three levels of eating are significant. We refer to them as “levels,” because within each level
Now that we know what constitutes various healthier ways of eating, most of which are “half baked,” in one way or another, in terms of an optimally healthy diet; let’s gain a better understanding of what it means to eat a diet of whole “nutrient-rich” foods and ultimately up to 90% or more of these
Here at NutrientRich.com, we talk a lot about eating healthy; a diet of nutrient-rich or nutrient-dense foods abundant in micronutrients. These are the plant phytochemicals that are the defining, cornerstone-food factor that makes a nutrient-rich food “nutrient-rich,” health and longevity promoting. With the early guidance of Joel Fuhrman MD. we also outlined The 3 Classes
Open up a conversation on whether a food is healthy or not and you are sure to have a debate on your hands. Recently, in a well known form on Facebook, steak or red meat was referred to as nutrient poor and the servers almost shut down and as we all know Facebook never goes down.
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You are eating foods rich in: 1. Health-promoting protein, to provide the amino acids your body uses in countless combinations to create the thousands of different proteins you need. 2. Real food carbohydrate to primarily fuel your body, so you have enough energy to sustain your brain, central nervous system and all of the essential processes of your
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It’s one thing to learn how to eat healthy through books and seminars, it’s wholly another to be able to spend a few months living in a new world, one that becomes your own and helps you establish new eating habits in the most direct and experiential way imaginable. Let alone in an oasis like the Eat
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Most multivitamins contain ingredients that can be harmful to your health. Check the label to see if your supplement is doing more harm than good. Learn more from Dr. Fuhrman.
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“Less Meat, Less Heat, More Life!” That is what Arnold Schwarzenegger had to say with James Cameron along with China’s big announcement to cut meat consumption by 50% by 2030. He didn’t say become a vegan or vegetarian, which may be the right thing for you; he said less meat and the driving force is that
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In 2004, Jon Hinds, founder of the Monkey Bar Gym chain and one of the leading trainers in the world, started to have extreme and debilitating pain in his hands. Prior to this, he had trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and was the gold medalist at the Pan Am Games. When Jon’s hand pain became so unbearable that he could no
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